지역

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 地域, from 地 (“land”) + 域 (“boundary”)

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)
  • IPA(key)[t͡ɕijʌ̹k̚]
  • Phonetic Hangul[지역]
Revised Romanization? jiyeok
Revised Romanization (translit.)? jiyeog
McCune–Reischauer? chiyŏk
Yale Romanization? ciyek

Noun

지역 • (jiyeok) (hanja 地域)

  1. area, district, particular geographic region
    지역사회 개발 은행을 더 도와줌으로써
    jiyeoksahoe gaebal eunhaeng-eul deo dowajumeurosseo
    with more support for community development banks
    1999, Bill Clinton's Seventh State of the Union Address (The original sentence in English)

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